The Toy Soldiers Trilogy: Mockingbird

Chapter 5: Wake Up

Hey guys! Saint here, I've been ghost-writing some scenes for a while, but Meryl and I decided I should step out of the shadows. I only write the sex and cutting scenes, because Meryl is frankly too shy. She seems pretty open online, but in Skype calls she's really quiet ;P Anyways, I wrote the first shower scene in here, and I'm sorry if it's triggering to anyone. Always remember that it's just story line, and you guys are all amazing. No matter what people say, you'll always have a home with us :D Okay, that's my time. Bye-Bye, -Saint

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It's almost four PM, and I'm waiting for dad to be done with work so I can ask him about this party. I'm not too sure about going, but Chase really wants me too. When he asked me to go, I didn't think much about it. Then I started to ponder it, and I'm not too sure if this is supposed to be a date or not. I think it's just friends, and if dad asks, that's what I'll tell him.

I was browsing twitter while I waited in the kitchen for dad. Ashley and I don't talk to each other, and I like it that way. She's outback at the moment, watching the gardener. I'm keeping a close eye on her myself, because the last thing I need is the first woman my dad has fallen for in fifteen years to cheat on him. I also watch the gardener closely to make sure mom's flowers are treated right. Back at my parents old house, mom had planted carnations, and dad hired someone to move them to the new house. Ashley knows that, and she keeps a close on eye those flowers too. I watch to make sure they're treated right, and she watches in spite.

While I was observing slutty shame and the gardener, I heard the french doors of my dad's office open. He walked into the kitchen, smiled at me, and started on dinner.

"Daddy?" I asked sweetly.

Calling him "daddy" can get me anything I want, because it pulls on his heart strings. It works better with September, because she can do it just right, but I'm starting to really get the hang of it.

He snickered. "Yeah?"

"So, uh, one of the guys from my band, Chase, invited me to a party tonight." I said. "I was really hoping you'd let me go."  

He sighed. "Victoria, you know how I feel about parties. It'd be one thing if you were going with someone I knew, but I've never met this kid, and that's another thing. You're going with a boy?"

"But we're just friends, nothing else." I replied. "You let Teddy and September go to parties when they were my age."

"The first party I let your sister go to was only three days before she was seventeen, and Teddy always went with people that I knew."

"Uncle Aleks AND uncle Eddie have met Chase, so can't you trust them?" I asked while bating my eyelashes.

"Fine," He huffed. "But please be careful, and don't talk to any strangers. If anything happens, call me. Please remember that you can call home no matter what. I don't want my little girl getting into trouble or danger, okay?" 

I smiled. "Okay dad, thanks!" 

I kissed his cheek and ran upstairs to get ready. A nice hot shower gave me time to clear my head and think about this. I've got my doubts, but I think I'll be perfectly fine. Chase will be there, and neither of us plan on socializing. If dad allowed guys to come over, then I could just skip the party and hang with Chase. Stupid ass rules! I get why dad says it, but I'll never look at it as fair. 

My closet looks like a tornado went through it, but I have a clothes that will work. I threw on some jeans and tight tank top, plus some heels, just in time for the doorbell to ring. Dad, please don't scare the shit out of Chase! When I got the the stairs I could hear dad asking him about his grades, and that's when I knew it was time to intervene.